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Events (archive)

Events (archive)

We believe in our duty to share knowledge through weekly seminars, regularly workshops and other events. on this page you'll find events organized in the past. If you're interested in upcoming events visit the Events page. Our weekly seminars at DIFFER cover a wide range of topics and are open to everybody. Please, read more on our dedicated Seminars page. You can find specific information for external visitors and subscribe to our seminar mailinglist on this page.

DIFFER seminar: Demonstration of ignition and a burning fusion plasma on the National Ignition Facility

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DIFFER event
The demonstration of nuclear fusion in the laboratory and eventual utilization as an unlimited energy source has been a grand challenge for physicists and engineers for 70 years. The realization as an industrial energy source would have a tremendous impact on our society and would change our approach to energy policy and climate change.
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FuseNet PhD event

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Aankondiging van FuseNet PhD event in Lausanne
The FuseNet PhD event will take place at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland from 23 to 25 August.
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DIFFER Seminar: How Black Holes Shine: Extreme plasma physics

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Black hole
Astrophysical black holes are surrounded by accretion disks, jets, and coronae consisting of magnetized relativistic plasma. They produce observable high-energy radiation from nearby the event horizon and it is currently unclear how this emission is exactly produced.
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DIFFER Seminar: Electrochemical lithium-ion extraction

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Volker Presser
We synthesize, characterize, and apply functional nanomaterials. We use electrochemistry to enable, among others, energy storage (supercapacitors, redox electrolytes, batteries), water treatment (desalination, pollutant removal), and tailored ion recovery (esp. Lithium recovery).
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DIFFER Seminar: On the way towards a fusion power plant – achievements and challenges

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DIFFER event
Fusion is the only primary energy source which is currently not exploited by mankind. Its realization as an electricity source promises resources for very long time scales, a safe operation without CO2 emissions and limited waste with no long-term repository needs.
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